The escape statute does not violate the Proportionality Clause of the Indiana Constitution.
Criminal
Gammons v. State, No. 20S-CR-22, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jun. 26, 2020).
Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 10.0300 dilutes the causal standard for self-defense; the instructional error was not harmless and case was remanded for a new trial.
State v. Ryder, No. 20S-CR-435, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jun. 29, 2020).
Blood-draw search warrant application satisfied the filing requirement under Ind. Code § 35-33-5-2(a) because the signing judge’s uncontroverted certification that an affidavit had been delivered to her at the time of the warrant’s authorization established that the filing requirement had been satisfied.
Crane v. State, No. 19A-CR-2292, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 18, 2020).
A sentencing order shall reflect the disposition of all charges
Killian v. State, No. 19A-CR-2628, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jun. 3, 2020).
Indiana Rule of Evidence 412(b)(1)(A) only allows evidence of other sexual behavior that—itself—could have produced some physical evidence that is presented in the case.